by Staff report, USA TODAY Sports

by Staff report, USA TODAY Sports

The brother of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is being investigated on suspicion of drug dealing in Minnesota.

The home of Ashton Stevenson was raided by authorities May 31st after police intercepted a package containing marijuana addressed to Stevenson's residence (though an alias was apparently used on the package) in Eden Prairie, Minn., per FOX 9 in the Twin Cities.

A detective posing as a FedEx driver delivered the parcel to Stevenson. Police returned later with a search warrant, and arrested Stevenson after finding a small quantity of marijuana and a scale.

However he has escaped charges to this point, though the case remains open and active, since he never opened the FedEx package at the time the warrant was executed.

Per FOX 9, Stevenson has been arrested before for marijuana possession in Texas.

"I don't know any details yet," he said of the investigation. "I'm just trying to make calls to figure out what's going on."

Stevenson is one of Peterson's 14 siblings, and the MVP has apparently been helping to cover his brother's rent in Minnesota.

Peterson, the NFL's 2012 MVP after rushing for 2,097 yards in the wake of reconstructive knee surgery, has largely avoided controversy over the course of his six seasons with the Vikings. He was arrested in Houston last July and charged with a misdemeanor for resisting arrest. However the case against him appeared shaky from the outset, and the charges were dropped four months later.